IOS update 17.4.1 stuck on new iPhone 15. No status bar. Says "update requested". Tried deleting update and requesting it again. No change. Phone is 100% charged and is also connected to WIFI. Picked up this new phone this at 10 a.m. this morning. It's 2 p.m. and the update still says 'update requested' but doesn't show any update status.
I had the same issue with my new IPhone 15 Pro yesterday and was able to set up today successfully by following these steps (keep in mind I use windows PC)
1- Set up your phone without restoring data from cloud or another phone (3rd option)
2-Sign into your ID and access your phone
3- Open ITunes from PC, make sure iTunes has latest Update
4- Connect your new phone to laptop/PC to connect to ITunes
5- After IPhone is identified in ITunes it will either ask you to automatically update to new IOS or you will have to manually choose it from setting (it works either way)
6- After download is completed, it will automatically install it on your phone (it took me 40 min to complete, upgrade size was 8GB and my connection was slow)
7- After new IOS is successfully downloaded on your phone, make sure to check it from general, software update (it will state your phone has latest version)
8- Sign out of apple ID
9- Go to General, transfer or reset phone
10-Erase all content and settings and confirm
11- IPhone will restart again and restart the process of setting up the phone
12- choose the option of transferring data from your other iPhone or restore from cloud (I chose to transfer from my old iPhone)
That’s it.. it will transfer data successfully and not ask for IOS update again
TIPS..
1- If you have already downloaded the software and it’s stuck, make sure to delete it from iPhone storage before starting this process
2- If your download is painfully slow (2 or 3 hours) then reset network settings! It worked for me straight away
Good luck.
Great feedback. This worked well!
Thanks ! This worked like a charm ! 👍🏻
What worked? can you share?
Perfection! This worked!!!
Worked a treat, thank you for this work-around...
Issue seems solved. Had same problem yesterday. Got stuck several times. This morning, routine set-up worked with update and transfer from old iphone
This is what I did and worked for me
Really really bloody maddening ! I’m furious with them.
What did you do? What works?
I had to restore phone which got it working but it won’t let me have my data until it’s restored - but there is no new restore.
I've just purchased 10th edition iPad and I'm trying to clone my old iPad and my new iPad is asking for update and gets stuck doesn't seem to update annoying paid £400 for a item I can't use
Please read the post right above yours/
Brand new iPhone 15 bought today won't upgrade to iOS 17.4.1. Stuck on "Preparing Update..." any recommended solution?
Just brought iPhone 12 Pro Max and it will not update to 17.4.1 (temporary unavailable), I’ve done many resets but no joy, yet the wife’s standard 12 updated no problem.
any suggestions??
thanks
Same. Appears they don't want to admit the effed it up! I'm on my way to the apple store. We'll see.
update stuck dont have a laptop to do it apple can you please fix this **** ASAP
IOS 17.4.1 update stuck
